My male and female trinket snakes mated in early May, and the female laid her first clutch in mid June, a clutch of four eggs of which two were good and hatched. I went to change her water and spot clean her tank tonight and was very surprised and yes, a little taken aback to find six healthy, beautiful eggs in her humid hide! It's lucky I still had the hide in there - I use it for her shed cycles - and the eggs were lovely and plump under the slightly damp moss. I think they were laid yesterday, but they definitely weren't there three nights ago. Now the incubator has been dragged out again and they're in there at around 83.

I'd considered the fact that she might double clutch or more because I've read that trinkets lay several clutches a year and don't always need to mate again - she hasn't - but thought it might happen earlier, around when her babies hatched at the end of August. Another difference from corns!

Well I thought I was done with feeding stubborn hatchlings this year, but it looks as if I might have some Christmas ones! I'm very proud of my girl and her eggs anyway. She ate two small mice today, so that was great too.

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